Israeli Embassy Staff Killed in D.C. Shooting
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A shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 21, killed two staff members from the Israeli Embassy, one of whom was from the Kansas City area, according to national reports.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The long Memorial Day Weekend started with a homicide investigation for Kansas City detectives. Police responded to a shooting in the area of 39th Street and Broadway around 4 p.m. They also located a second scene at 43rd and Mill Creek Parkway.
SHAWNEE COUNTY—Law enforcement are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Topeka. Just after 11:45p.m Thursday, police responded to investigate a call for of a domestic disturbance at a home in the 1500 block of SW 24th Street in Topeka, according to police spokesman Daniel Garrett.
James D. Boatwright was among the three defendants charged in the shooting death of Payne. He was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 50 years. Boatwright later appealed his conviction to the Supreme Court.
Tributes are still pouring in for 26-year-old Sarah Milgram, a Kansas native whose life was cut short last week in what the FBI says was a targeted antisemitic attack in Washington, D.C.
Prosecutors charge two men in connection with a deadly shooting at a Kansas City gas station. K’Vontaye Redmond and Lamont Buchanan are each charged with: Police responded to a gas station near East 63rd Street and Blue Parkway Drive on May 10.
Milgrim, then a 17-year-old senior, voiced her concerns about the sickening messages and symbols — which included a swastika — that were painted on a storage shed on the campus of Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kan., in February 2017.
Two people are dead after a shooting at an apartment in Kansas City, police said.
The call was reported around 11:54 p.m. for a domestic disturbance in the 1500 block of Southwest 24th Street.